A blog about the things I find cool about Japan, my encounters with Japanese culture in New York City, and what I learn from that culture every day

Thursday, October 22, 2009

This Actually Scares Me

I love reading blogs about crazy Japanese stuff, and Tofugu is one of my favorites. But this recent entry actually scares me.

October 15 was Global Handwashing Day? Apparently, it was, and UNICEF Japan assembled the above PSA to encourage children as well as adults to wash their hands. It stars Japanese dancer Kaiji Moriyama, who looks very different on his website than he does in his Global Handwashing Dance.

I shouldn't make fun of this because it's very important that we all wash our hands. I'm just not going to dance around for twenty seconds every time.